ADDERBURY LAKES WORKING PARTY
5 NOVEMBER AND 3 DECEMBER
We meet at Lake Walk Car Park at 9am - or just come along and find the
group around the Lakes when you can. Bring strong gloves and if possible any
loppers, rakes or spades. Coffee and biscuits are provided at break time and
the parties finish by 12pm. New volunteers and families very welcome. For
further details please contact Phil Mansell on 01295 810442 or
philandbmansell@hotmail.com

COFFEE AND CHAT is held each week on Tuesday 10.00 am to 12 noon
at the Methodist Hall.
VILLAGE COFFEE is held every Friday at Church House 10.00 am to 12
noon. You will be very welcome at both these venues.
LIP-READING CLASSES are held on Thursdays 10.00 to 11.30 am at The
Church Room, Hempton. Further details from Moira Byast on 01869 338637.
KNITTING FOR REFUGEES group meet every Monday (began 5
September) from 2.30 to 4.30pm in the Methodist Hall.
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Erecting shelves, curtain rails, to building flat
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All aspects of DIY undertaken
Any jobs to make life a little easier
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On Friday, 11 November our Meals & Reels evening
will include supper following which we will show the
film Carol (2015, director Todd Haynes, starring
Cate Blanchett, Sarah Paulson and Rooney Mara,
certificate 15). A romantic drama adapted
from Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt,
Carol follows two women from very different
backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New
York.
As usual the evening will take place at the Institute. The doors will open at
7.00pm ready for the meal at 7.15pm and the film presentation at 8.00pm.
Tickets (film and food) are £6 for full members, £10 for casual members and £12
for non-members. There will also be a bar selling wine, beer, soft and hot drinks.
For tickets contact Helena Scott by email
at boxoffice@adderburycineclub.org.uk or phone 01295 810708.
Further Dates for your Diary:
 Brooklyn on Friday 9 December
 Children’s screening of The Secret Life of Pets on 19 December to start at
2pm.
 Banbury Samaritans Charity Night showing True Grit (Coen Brothers version)
on 13 January.
Check www.adderbury.org for up to date information and remember you can
follow us on facebook or twitter.
Helena Scott
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WILD FLOWERS AT THE RISE ADDERBURY
In the middle of September we had a great weeding session, filling 9 bags
with tall fat hen plants - Chenopodium Album - which had suddenly shot up. As
we were finishing, an interested local resident, Jack Hooker, came over to see
what we were doing and, seeing our filled bags, gallantly offered us the use of
his home brown bins into which he emptied those unwanted pesky weeds.
Imagine our surprise when two days later, we discovered corncockle plants Agrostemma Githago - growing amongst our flowers, which had been
completely hidden by the fat hen. The corncockle had come from this year’s
Grow Wild Seeds and we were all delighted to see them
We have registered for more Grow Wild Seeds and hope these will be
available to bloom in 2017 thus continuing our pretty display of bright wild
flowers for The Rise for a new year.
Find Wild Flowers at The Rise Adderbury on Facebook via their search
engine and on Adderbury Parish Council website.
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ADDERBURY AND DISTRICT WI

ADDERBURY HISTORY ASSOCIATION
Railway history expert Martin Bloxsom gave us an absorbing account of the
role of local railways in World War I, focusing for the most part on Banbury. He
first outlined the position of the railways at the beginning of the war, emphasising
just how large and powerful the railway companies were. He then showed us the
many tasks the railways had to carry out, with Banbury being an important
junction for cross-country routes, making it possible to avoid London altogether.
He told us of the traffic towards the south coast with troops for embarkation, with
the volume of hay for horses over the same route being surprising, and the
transport north through Banbury of South Wales coal for the destroyer port of
Immingham being completely unexpected. While dealing expertly with the
technicalities of his subject, Martin kept coming back to the human element. He
covered in particular the involvement of women in railway work as the war
progressed: they not only took over almost entirely the work of clerks, but also
worked in large numbers as porters and engine cleaners. Worker representation
and trade unionism was also covered. Martin featured the hospital trains which
the railway companies provided to transport wounded troops throughout the
country, and found time to praise the support provided for troops passing
through Banbury by Miss Day and her nurses. He finished with a short account
of the losses suffered by the railway companies in the war, and showed us some
of the different types of war memorials that were developed, including memorial
trains.
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Phil Mansell

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LIGHTS, MUSIC AND LAUGHTER
Lots and lots of lovely laughter! It was Adderbury
Theatre workshop’s 2016 cabaret ‘The Variety Show’
and what a very happy evening’s entertainment it was.
Kicking-off the show was the, ever, ebullient Gary
Leonardi complete with frock coat and really, really
ghastly co-respondent shoes - even Noel Coward
would have winced at being asked to wear them!
Comedy continued coming in large dollops with a trio
of duos - Denise Barson and Matt Parker and two old Theatre Workshop
favourites Elaine Bryant and Wendy Gardner; Linda Leslie and Lisa Smith Music
was played by Val Scarff (who else?) and song by Karen Dwyer whose voice
has matured and mellowed into a true cabaret style.
Karen Reynolds in an unmistakable wartime frock and snood* did a magical
take on Victoria Wood - it was a quite uncanny likeness. Elaine and Wendy’s
skit on computer fruits - blackberry, orange and apple was very clever; as was
Denise and Matt’s bedroom scene 50 Shades of Grey. Gayna Lee, in Pam
Ayres mode, performed her Adderbury monologue. As for the two male strippers
- Gary and Jamie Cox they performed wonders with two highly coloured bathtowels - oh! and a very small, blue, napkin! Gary and Jamie did that lovely Cissy
and Ada sketch - with Cissy’s memorable line ‘Were you virgo intacta?’ with
Ada’s reply ‘No Bed and breakfast’.
Then we had the Corps de Dance - a galaxy of, lovely, long-legged ladies
wearing little black numbers dancing a Marlene Dietrich routine also they did a
magical routine with glo-lights - on an unlit stage. We had a first - I think - a male
singer with Matt Parker singing a solo accompanying himself on the electronic
piano. The show was rounded-off with the full cast, all dressed in black, singing
the finale.
It really was a very happy evening; the Institute hall was all dressed-up
looking the part as a night-club. A large dollop of credit must go to Jamie Cox
the director who got the best out of everybody involved with the stage hands
working like Trojans - nearly every act needed chairs of various sorts and
layouts - all done in the pitched-black darkness. Oh and a very big thanks to the
long-legged young ladies who kept the audience lubricated. My only carp was
that the programme was a tad too long - although I’m darned if I could decide
what to cut - perhaps the interval! Oh! and thanks must go to the front of house
and bar team always there to make things go smoothly.
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EVERGREENS

During September members enjoyed an excellent lunch at the Red Lion. The
outing was to Yarnton Garden Centre. Our next meeting on 9 November will be
a visit from the hand bell ringers. Our shopping trip to Cheltenham on 23
November will leave from the Coach and Horses at 10am. Visitors welcome fare
£12, Contact Dot Hardy 810209.
Rhoda Woodward
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ADDERBURY REMEMBERS THE SOMME
The service held to remember the six men from the village, took place on
6 October. The order of service started with the hymn "Rock of Ages" as the
RBL standard was brought forward. This was followed by readings beginning
with Ken Wright and "Soldiers from across the Empire" then Emily Ness with
"Soldiers from across Ireland". The Rev. Fletcher's reading was entitled "The
German Army witness the first tank" and finally Edd Frost with "A moment of
British humanity". Prayers followed and an old recording of "Keep the home fires
burning" was played. Candles were lit for the six men from Adderbury.
Jean Fletcher read Sassoon's "Aftermath". A Bible reading was given and
then the names of the Fallen from Adderbury were read out by the President of
the Adderbury and Milton Branch of the RBL, Nigel Randall.
A slide show was given with commentary by William Fletcher. A wreath was
laid at the War Memorial on behalf of the RBL by our youngest member, Joshua.
The Standard was presented and after the buglers had delivered the Last Post a
minute’s silence was observed. The last hymn "O God our help in ages past"
and prayers, brought this very moving service to a close.
The Fallen:
CALEB ARTHUR WYATT, Aged 26
WALTER PERCY MOREBY, Aged 23
EDWIN CYRIL BONNER, Aged 20
CHARLES EDWARD FISHBOURNE, Aged 47
PERCY WALLACE B. PARGETER, Aged 20
JAMES WILLIAM BENNETT, Aged 23
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM
Jean Moore
Secretary Adderbury and Milton RBL
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ADDERBURY AND MILTON BRANCH
ROYAL BRITISH LEGION
The Annual Remembrance Service will be held in St. Mary's Church
Adderbury on Sunday 13 November at 3pm. Those taking part in the Parade will
muster at the Church Lych Gate at 2.45pm. We also welcome all local Cubs,
Scouts, Guides, Brownies etc., to join us on this occasion and to parade their
standards.
There will also be a Short Service in St. Mary’s Church on Friday
11 November by the War Memorial. Again all are welcome at this Service and
we would ask that everyone be in Church in time to observe the silence at 11am.
As always we will warmly welcome the children of Christopher Rawlins School to
take part as they always do.
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ADDERBURY NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN
At the time of writing it is anticipated that the proposed Neighbourhood Plan
will be accepted by the Parish Council at their meeting on 25 October. The Plan
then passes to Cherwell District Council and inspectors for scrutiny before
entering a six week consultation period, before Christmas, for all of us and
certain stakeholders (utilities, County Council, etc) to comment. When the Plan
is approved, a village referendum will be organised by Cherwell District Council
in the New Year.
We are writing to let you know that the full Plan will shortly be available
on the www.adderbury.org and www.adderburypc.co.uk websites with a
printed copy for inspection in the Library.
You are invited to make your comments on the Plan before 13 December
via these websites or place them in the comments box in the Library.
More than 100 Adderbury residents have done a great deal of work over the
last 4 years to get this neighbourhood plan to where we are now. The results of
consultation meetings and surveys were distilled into the “TAP” report, which set
out a vision and objectives for our village across a range of topics: housing,
employment, education, community facilities, transport and the environment.
The headline objectives were that, whilst Adderbury should grow to allow a
few more homes that it should stay as a village with clear buffers from Banbury
and other villages. Since then over 180 new homes have been given approval in
Adderbury and therefore this plan does not make provision for any more new
homes. Other important objectives were to protect the character of our village
and plan for the improvement of our employment provision, services and leisure
facilities over the next 15 years.
It is important to note that some of the TAP objectives, such as traffic
reduction and wildlife protection can’t be addressed by land use planning
policies and these will be addressed in a future Parish Plan prepared by
Adderbury Parish Council.
This Neighbourhood Plan contains 18 land-use planning policies that will help
to meet these objectives by being used to determine planning applications in the
area. The policies will aim to protect the special character of the Parish to
encourage development proposals for the benefit of the local community.
These policies are summarised below to give you a flavour:
Policy AD1: Settlement Boundary
The Neighbourhood Plan defines an Adderbury Settlement Boundary closely
following the built up area of Adderbury.
Proposals for infill development within the boundary will be supported,
provided they accord with the design and development management policies of
the development plan and other policies of the Neighbourhood Plan. Proposals
for development outside the boundary will only supported if they are consistent
with development plan policies on local landscape protection and the protection
of the natural environment.
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Policies AD2,3 & 4: Green infrastructure, Local Green Spaces, Open
Spaces
The Neighbourhood Plan proposes the establishment of a Green Infrastructure
Network around and within the village comprising a variety of green
infrastructure assets, including informal open space and green spaces,
allotments, playing fields. Assets of biodiversity value, play areas, footpaths,
bridleways and cycle ways.
New development will not normally be permitted on land designated as Local
Green Space or Local Open Space except in very special circumstances.
The following locations are designated as Local Green Spaces:
 Lucy Plackett Playing Field (Off Round Close Road);
 Colin Butler Green (Registered Common);
 Adderbury Lakes Local Nature Reserve, off Lake Walk;
 Adderbury Cemetery and the Quaker Burial Grounds and Meeting House;
 Sports and community use Land to north side of Milton Road;
 Historic stonewalled lambing paddock fronting onto Aynho Road (To west of
the Pickled Ploughman Public House); and
 Field with stone wall boundary abutting New Road, Adderbury. (West of
Pump House Garage). Also known as Thistlewayte’s Field.
 The Village Green
Local Open Spaces are:
 Former railway embankment on southern edge of the Lucy Plackett Field;
 Triangle of land at Horn Hill Road, Berry Hill Road and Milton Road;
 Copse of trees south of Greenhill and Summers Close off Banbury Road;
 The Village Pound on The Horn Hill Road, Berry Hill Road junction;
 Bloor Homes, Aynho Road;
 David Wilson Homes, south of Milton Road;
 Rawlins Close Open Space, off Margaret Road;
 The Crescent Open Space, Banbury Road;
 The Rise Open Space, off Banbury Road;
 Land to west of Adderbury Court Open Space;
 Adderbury Court Garden, Banbury Road;
 Keytes Close Amenity Area; Aynho Road;
 Sydenham Close Open Space, Aynho Road;
 Allotments, Adderbury House;
 Henry Jepp Close Open Space, Aynho Road; and
 Lake Walk Green.
Policy AD5: Local Gaps
The Neighbourhood Plan provides Local Gaps (green “buffer zones”) between
the village and Bodicote/Banbury and between the village and Milton to prevent
the neighbourhood Plan coalescence of the settlements into one built up area.
Development proposals within a Local Gap will only be supported if they do not
harm, individually or cumulatively, its function and open character.
Continued on page 24
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Policies AD6 to AD16: Design in Different Village Areas and Settings:
In each designated area there are appropriate design requirements
encompassing such matters as: plot ratios; building height and form; type of
building materials; boundary walls, fences, hedges and front gardens and their
alignment to the road; tree plantings; natural verges to the highway; informal
green spaces; footways; maintaining lines of sight to the Church and views of
the countryside
Policy AD17: Local Heritage Assets
The Neighbourhood Plan identifies the following buildings and structures as
Local Heritage Assets by way of their local architectural or historic interest:
 The Crescent
 The Pump House Garage
 The Walled Lambing Paddock, Aynho Road
 The Pound, Horn Hill Road
 Long Wall, Long Wall Path
 Twyford Tea Gardens, Banbury Road
Proposals for a change of use or alteration that will result in harm to the
significance of a Local Heritage Asset, or for its demolition, will be resisted.
Policy AD18: New Community Facilities
The Plan allocates land off Milton Road, West Adderbury for sports and
community uses. Proposals for such uses of the land will be supported,
provided:
I. Any buildings on site are ancillary to such uses and have regard to the
location of the site in the West Adderbury – Milton Local Gap;
II. Vehicular access is made from Milton Road and sufficient car parking
spaces are provided;
III. Safe pedestrian and cycle access is developed to the site; and
IV. The layout, the landscape scheme and any lighting have regard to the
proximity of the adjoining residential and employment uses.
The recent leisure survey of Adderbury households identified multiple possible
uses on the Milton Road site with a preference for a large community centre,
football pitches and part woodland on the site.
Proposals for the improvement and extension of the community facilities at
Lucy Plackett Fields will be supported, provided they do not undermine the
visual integrity of the Local Green Space.
The leisure survey identified multiple possible uses on the Lucy Plackett Field
with preference for a small community centre and an upgrade of the play area.
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A lot of commentary was received on having more, and safe, footpaths and
cycle ways around the village together with traffic calming measures and better
parking. Away from the Milton Road site and the Lucy Plackett, comments
focused on also using funds for sustaining and maintaining the Library, the
Institute, the cemetery and the Lakes.
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subscriptions go to helping keep the library open.
We look forward to seeing you soon.
Thanks for your help, John Osbourne

CHRISTMAS FESTIVE MORNING
On Saturday 3 December in the Library
Mulled wine, craft stalls and a prize draw for a
super hamper
All proceeds to FOCAL- helping keep your
library open.
Join us from 10am - 12pm

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Take your cards, for village delivery to
Adderbury library, pay twenty five pence
(£0.25) per card and post them in a post
box provided in the library. They will be
delivered by volunteers with all proceeds
going to help keep the library open.
Available from
1 December to the 20 December
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In the introduction to the survey, we indicated that some funds could be
realised from a “profit share” by releasing, for additional housing (about 6
homes), a small piece land that will become available to the Parish Council as
part of the already approved housing development on the north side of Milton
Road. No objection was received to this proposal, but it will only go part of the
way to meeting the funds required. The majority contribution will have to come
from community fundraising, Sports England grants and funds from similar
bodies including possibly the Lottery Fund. General funds raised should be used
with the benefit of the whole community in mind. There will also be annual
maintenance costs to be funded.
A detailed breakdown of responses can be found on
www.adderbury.org
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ADDERBURY GUIDES
Camp was awesome. The theme was Guiding in the War, and that turned out
to mean everything from a makeshift fairground, making our own war with a
giant water-fight, semaphore, shooting water pistols at targets, some classic
Guiding camp gadgets and loads more. Also swimming, going to the park,
treasure hunting, an amazing campfire, a ridiculous amount of marshmallows
and squirty cream and a lot of other stuff which didn’t quite fit the theme but hey
ho. Yeah, this camp was 4 days long. Needless to say, we enjoyed ourselves.
September = back to Guides
month. At Horley, we competed in
a Division sports competition (we
weren’t… the strongest team) and
a Patrol Competition, which
means when all Cherwell Division
Guide groups get together and in
Patrols (small groups), do loads of
activities and get marked on skill
and teamwork. Tasks included
compass sculptures,
entertainment devising, raft
making etc. Apparently, we are a
pretty amazing team because we
came 3rd, not many points away
from 2nd and 1st (congratulations, girls, I’m seriously proud of you). We then
had a massive campfire (obviously) with songs at the top of our voices, and then
slept outside. Literally outside. At camp we slept in tents. No, this time, we
braved it under the stars. It poured with rain. We got soaked. But it was totally
worth it.
In other meetings, we got our circus skills badge through a night of diabolos,
juggling balls, balloon modelling and stilts. Some of the Guides actually got
some skills, others were very… entertaining. We got our Circus Skills badge
from that (trip to the circus coming up - so excited!) We have played far too
many games with chocolate and doughnuts than Jamie Oliver would approve of,
we’ve had a fashion show, we’ve done International cooking, we’ve played a lot
of ‘Murder in the Dark’ (don’t ask), we went bell-boating at Canal Day (lots of
splashing and lying on the front of the boat paddling with hands) and we’re going
on to work on the Confectioner and World Traveller badges.
So, I conclude this Contact by saying: come join us if you are 10-14 and like
food. Or like water. Or playing games, fire, teamwork, trying weird things and
laughing about it or the outdoors. Actually, seeing as we are a girl-led
organisation, our activities are whatever the girls choose. So, basically, if you
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VOICES ACROSS TIME
I’LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
It’s 1942, 17th December to be precise and the evening of the school nativity
in Adderbury. But the evening’s performance is threatened by the sounding of
the village air raid siren. The locals pile into the local community air raid shelter
to escape the threat of bombings, among them are evacuees Jimmy Williams
and Beth Lawson, home guard Stanley Jameson and heart-throb GI Frank
George. Through well-known songs of the era, the community spend their time
sharing their challenges, excitements and heataches of wartime Christmas,
whilst keeping morale high. So distraught by the cancellation of the nativity, they
help come up with an idea to cheer Jimmy up….
Following the success of Singing for The Somme, Voices Across Time
presents an original audience participatory musical, “I’ll be Home for Christmas”.
Join an original cast of local young actors in an evening of festive
entertainment, led by Royal Academy of London’s Joseph Cummings. There will
be sing along festive classics and WW2 favourites, a licensed bar and, though
rationing is in place, complimentary festive treats too. After the performance, the
shelter will transform into the GI’s annual Christmas party with music from the
Andrews Sisters, dancing and plenty of mistletoe. Profits from the evening will
go to Katharine House Hospice Musical Appeal and The See-Saw Charity. The
evening will take place in Adderbury’s Institute, Saturday 17 December 2016.
The doors will open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start, bar available.
Tickets are £10 and are available for reservation at the box office
on 07532446665 or email voicesacrosstime@outlook.com.
Voices Across Time is a non-profit organisation who put on audience
participation musical performances based on British history, raising money for
various charities. The Voices Across Time team are Joseph Cummings,
Florence Taylor and Harriet Wells, and they look forward to seeing you on
the 17 December.
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Do the villages of Adderbury and Milton want our branch of the Royal British
Legion to close?? We are now down to a membership of only 14, and for the
size of the two villages together this is a very low total. There must be more exservice personnel out there and of course we welcome any non ex-service who
might be interested in the group. So we would ask you all to please make an
effort to come along to our AGM meeting at Adderbury Bowls Club on Thursday
17 November at 2pm, to show your support and help us keep our Branch alive.
This year is our 95th Anniversary year and we want to reach our 100th. we
desperately need new members to achieve this target. We will welcome any
younger members of the two villages to join us also and to see what the Legion
does and what it offers. Thankyou.
Jean Moore/Secretary and John Hermon/Treasurer
Adderbury and Milton Royal British Legion
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FOSMA
By the time you read this we will be starting to
think about the festive season which will be upon
us before we know it!
With that in mind FOSMA will again be selling
Christmas cards which will be available in Church
after the service on Sundays in the run up to
Christmas and also from Trish Fennell on 811059
and trish.fennell@btconnect.com and Val Scarff on
810386 or ask any of our committee members and
they will be able to get some for you.
FOSMA will be at the 10 November Adderbury Community Food Market in
the Institute between 6 and 8 pm so do come and see us there - we’ll be selling
Christmas cards and tickets for the Christmas concert (see below). You can find
out all about us and perhaps think about becoming a ‘Friend’. We have a big
challenge ahead of us helping to raise funds for the necessary repairs to the
tower so our Friends support will be even more vital.
On 10 December we are very much looking forward to the welcome return of
the wonderful Christ Church Cathedral Singers to St. Mary’s. The programme
will be of Carols for Choir and Audience, to include well-known favourites
alongside more modern Christmas works and readings. The concert will start at
7.30 pm and there will be a bar selling mulled wine and mince pies. We look
forward to seeing you there to enjoy getting into the festive spirit! Tickets £12
are available from Trish and Val (details above) and also on the door.
Thank you to everyone for your continued support - we couldn’t survive
without it! Keep in touch with what’s going on with FOSMA on our new website
www.fosmaadderbury.weebly.com and Facebook fosmaadderbury
Trish Fennell
Chairman

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We met in August for “Games in the Garden” on a
lovely summer evening in the heart of Adderbury, to
play quoits, skittles, Boule, Jenga and croquet
followed by a delicious bring and share supper plus
strawberries, shortbread and Pimms.
In September, members were delighted by Sharp
and Blunt Ladies Morris light-footed routine, a brief,
chatty history narrative, followed by an invitation to
join them on the Institute’s floor for a rousing finale to a splendid evening
Our much anticipated Horton and Horley walk will happen sometime this
month, weather permitting, and at October’s meeting, Chris Bazeley entertained
members to his fascinating and amusing presentation “The Private life of the
Privy”.
New members are always welcome at The Institute on the first Thursday of
each month at 7.30pm where they are assured of an enthusiastic reception.
Further details may be found on our website - www.Adderburywi.co.uk - or by
email - adderburywi@gmail.com or find us on Facebook via their search engine
for Adderbury & District WI to see our page.
Margaret Halstead
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ADDERBURY LAKES PROGRESS
The patience of our regular visitors has been very much appreciated as work
on the paths took longer than anticipated. Stage 2 of our project to improve
access to the Lakes is now completed and we hope it makes a positive
difference especially to our less able visitors. We were able to do this thanks to
a further generous grant from the Trust for Oxfordshire’s Environment and a
donation from Hamberley Development as part of a Community Fund Donation
associated with the Gracewell Care Home development currently being built in
the village, together with funds added from the Parish Council as part of the
ongoing budget for the Lakes.
Residents from Lake House Care Home have visited the western side new
path and were delighted with the improvements. This winter we will plan the final
stage of the paths project and start to make funding applications. The APC have
also commissioned a Structural Engineer to advise us on work required to
conserve the ice house and hope to attract funding for a Lakes heritage project
to include the ice house and restoration of the iron fence.
We were delighted to welcome four new members to our working party on
8 October. Tasks undertaken this season include clearing the Lake Walk
entrance area and the Victorian iron fence of brambles and ivy. The next dates
are 5 November and 3 December 9am -12pm. For further details please contact
Phil Mansell on 01295 810442 or philandbmansell@hotmail.com
And if you have any views or ideas about the Lakes do please get in touch.
Diane Bratt Chairman
Adderbury Lakes Local Nature Reserve Management Committee
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October – April

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PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
Last month, professional photographers Peter and
Margaret Preece gave a presentation on ‘Wildlife
and nature photographs - every picture tells a story.’
Peter took up photography on his retirement, but
resisted transferring to the digital format until three
years ago. His main interest is on photographing
wildlife. Peter is also deeply involved in the Heart of
England Forest project, which was set up by Felix
Dennis before his death in 2014. This project has
acquired 6,000 acres of farmland in Warwickshire,
that has landscaped areas to create wildlife habitats
among 1.4 million trees. Peter has free access to the estate, where he has set
up nest boxes and hides so he can indulge his passion for bird photography,
perfecting a technique for attracting his favourite subject - the kingfisher - and
showing many action shots.
Peter uses pop-up hides and his car (painted in camouflage colours) to get
near his subjects. He told us how he attracts birds or mammals to the spot
where his camera is pre-focused, sometimes using animal carcasses which
have been stored in his freezer as bait. He travels regularly to Scotland and to
northern Spain, and most of his photos captured the subjects in action. As well
as birds, Peter also showed shots of mammals including voles, harvest mice,
wood mice, rats, weasels, foxes, grey seals and hares, together with butterflies,
damselflies and dragonflies. Peter does not like to adjust his wildlife photos by
using Photoshop, other than cropping them, but he finished by showing a few
amusing manipulations that he uses for Christmas cards and calendars. In
summary, a most interesting presentation by two very experienced wildlife
photographers that was much appreciated by their audience.
The Society’s next Club Night is on 2 November, when Viveca Koh FRPS
will give a presentation on ‘An urban exploration of fine art - a photographic
journey.’ This will be followed by a presentation on 7 December from member
Gail Girvan entitled ‘From the shadows back to light, pastels to camera.’ In
addition, a Workshop will be held on 16 November, when member Simon Lutter
will discuss ‘Camera controls, light sensitivity and white balance.’ There is no
Workshop in December. All meetings start at 7.30pm, and are held in the
Cartwright Hotel, Aynho. Please come along to any our meetings, you can be
assured of a warm welcome.
Richard Broadbent
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KATHARINE HOUSE HAS A NEW LOOK AND A
NEW WEBSITE! Over the next few months you’ll
notice a difference in the way we look. We’re still the
same Katharine House that has looked after local
families facing life-limiting illnesses for over 25 years,
but we’ve updated our look and feel to prepare us for
the next 25 years, because we believe it’s important to
truly reflect what an organisation is like; its philosophy,
its vision and what it feels like when you walk through
the door.
On our website you can now securely donate, register
for the Santa Fun Run, or buy a Christmas card with the click of a button on your
computer, tablet or phone. It’s much easier for you and it saves us time and
money when we process everything at our end. We’ve also changed the
structure of the site so that it’s easier for you to find what you need and clear for
you to understand. That’s how we’d talk things through with you if you visit us in
person, so we think it should be the same on our website. You can see all the
changes at www.khh.org.uk
SANTA FUN RUN - SATURDAY 4 DECEMBER, SPICEBALL PARK
We hope you’ll join us for our 7th annual Santa Fun Run to raise funds for your
local hospice. You can run (or walk!) the route for fun, fitness, or in memory of
family or friends. Bring your family, or sign up to run with co-workers or your
sports team. For further information, visit www.khh.org.uk/Event/santa-fun-run or
pick up a leaflet from one of our shops.
CHRISTMAS CARDS
Our ever popular Christmas cards are now on sale in our shops, and you can
also buy them direct from our new website. To buy your cards online, please
visit our online shop at www.khh.org.uk/pages/shop/department/christmas
LIGHTS OF LOVE SERVICES 2016
We’d like to invite you to our Lights of Love services this December. If you’d like
to remember someone special, or just want to be around other people who are
also thinking of loved ones this Christmas, we hope you’ll join us in Banbury or
Brackley. If you’d like to dedicate a light in memory of someone special, please
visit www.khh.org.uk or pick up a leaflet from one of our shops. The services are
as follows:
 Banbury: Thursday 1 December, 7pm at St. Mary’s Church
 Brackley: Wednesday 7 December, 7.30pm at St. Peter’s Church